Excerpt from Practical Photography, on Glass and Paper: A Manual, Containing Simple Directions for the Production of Portraits, Views, &C., By the Agency of Light, Including the Collodion, Albumen, Calotype, Waxed Paper, and Positive Paper ProcessesIn carrying out this design, many variations in the processes will necessarily be omitted, but this will be found a convenience rather than the reverse to the beginner, as it is a generally admitted fact, that those Photographers who are content to, follow some good process to the exclusion of others that have been but imperfectly tried, produce by far the best pictures with the least expenditure of time and trouble.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.